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Table 3. Arizona Primary Care Physician and Nonprimary Care Physicians' Unadjusted and Adjusted Odds of Relocating in Arizona Between 2014 and 2019.

Unadjusted Model NPCP, N=7,597

Unadjusted M odel PCP, N=3,605

OR (95% CI)

P Value

OR (95% CI)

P Value

2014 RUCA Location

Urban focused

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Large rural city/town

1.05 (0.79-1.39)

0.74

0.61 (0.42-0.88)

<.01

Small and isolated small rural town

1.04 (0.61-1.75)

0.89

0.72 (0.46-1.13)

.15

Adjusted M odel NPCP N=7,597

Adjusted M odel PCP N=3,605

aOR (95% CI)

P Value

aOR (95% CI)

P Value

2014 RUCA Location

Urban focused

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Large rural city/town

1.04 (0.78-1.38)

.78

0.62 (0.43-0.90)

.01

Small and isolated small rural town

1.13 (0.67-1.92)

.65

0.73 (.46-1.15)

.18

Medical Education (UME)

Arizona

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Out of Arizona

1.01 (0.87-1.18)

.86

0.97 (0.80-1.19)

.79

Out of United States

1.24 (1.08-1.33)

.02

1.20 (0.97-1.48)

.09

Gender

Male

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Female

1.20 (1.08-1.33)

<.01

1.01 (0.88-1.18)

.80

2014 Age in Years

<34

3.23 (2.33-4.60)

<.01

2.71 (1.77-4.15)

<.01

34-43

1.49 (1.24-1.80)

<.01

1.80 (1.32-2.43)

<.01

44-53

0.92 (.077-1.11)

.34

1.13 (0.83-1.53)

.43

54-63

0.95 (0.78-1.15)

.59

0.86 (0.63-1.18)

.35

64-69

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Abbreviations: NPCP, nonprimary care physician; PCP, primary care physician; UME, undergraduate medical education; RUCA, rural-urban commuting area; aOR, adjusted odds ratio.